Danielle8074

My day is finally here!! Best of luck to my surgery day twins, and remember me in my prayers!
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My journey has officially begun! I'm so happy to have finally joined the losers bench My Doctor said everything went will and the he found that I had a hernia so he repaired it as well. Therefore I had to have 5 incision instead of 4. Thank you to all of guys for helping me on this adventure. I really appreciate it.

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I'm close... December 30th☺
34 yr old wife and mom of the best 6yr old ever????

I just received a phone call from my doctors office and I have my surgery date for December the 28th!!!! I'm so excited!!!!! Are their anyone else being sleeved on this date?! ????
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I just received a phone call from my doctors office and I have my surgery date for December the 28th!!!! I'm so excited!!!!! Are their anyone else being sleeved on this date?! ????
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Tomorrow, I will be 7 weeks post op (October 18)!!! This has been an amazing journey to date. I have committed to making this work and have lost over 20% of my excess body weight!!! PreOp 465lbs, now 405lbs.
1 rough 45min stretch post-op the first night home, needed pain meds but only took twice once home. Slept in my recliner the rest of the night, felt much better than flat bed.
Diabetic Meds - Gone!!!
Acid Reflux - Gone!!!
Back Pain - Gone!!
Knee Pain - Gone!!
Blood Pressure - Down below normal ranges!!!
Cholesterol- Down below normal ranges!!
Blood Sugar/A1C - Down to normal ranges!!!
Wearing clothes that are 3-5 years old!!!
Walking stride is improving and moving faster!!
Doing 45min of Cardio on Elliptical!!!
Walked in the mall in the first couple of weeks!!!
No Fast food in over 3 months!!!
Not hungry, no cravings!!!
My wife has stated that I have a positive disposition and have tackled this in the right manner.
Doctor and nurses all say I am making great progress.
I have moved beyond the purée stage and working to learn the soft diet stage. Taking my time!!!
Advice to others....
1 - Go to Support Group before/after surgery and get comfortable
2 - Find a person to share progress.
3 - Go to the grocery store and read labels.
4 - Walk, Walk, Walk - Advance to cardio machines if you have access
5 - Water, Water, Water
6 - Protein ( I started Protein shakes 2 months before just to get use to them)
7 - Be Patient (Trust the process)
8 - Vitamins and supplements
9 - Plan ahead (this was my weaknesses prior to surgery and one day after - I learned quick)
10 - Challenge your tastebuds to try new healthy foods!!!!
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Wow... Thank you so much for the encouraging words.... You look great!!!! And most importantly you feel great as well.... ???? Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

When I was preparing to have my sleeve surgery, I spent a lot of time on this forum. I found most of the people here to be very helpful. Even though there's every kind of personality here, we all have one thing in common: we wanted to lose weight and be healthier.
Approaching any surgery is scary. There are real risks, and real rewards when all goes well.
I have struggled with weight my whole life. Total sugar junkie. Used food to replace every unmet need I had, to repress every emotion for which I was unprepared to deal.
I gained and lost hundreds of pounds over the course of my life. Hundreds.
When my husband died eight years ago it broke me. I shattered, and it took me almost a decade to put myself back together. During that time, I lost everything: my beloved, my home, my income, even my sense of self. And I spent the next eight years eating to fill this giant empty void inside my being where someone who I thought of as the love of my life used to be.
I ballooned up bigger than I had ever been, surpassing my previous high weight and moving into the 320s.
I avoided social situations, and only left the house when necessary. I was afraid I would have to ask for a stronger chair when invited to sit down for dinner at somebody's home. I was afraid that I would need to sit down every 20 or 30 steps during a leisurely stroll through the mall with a friend. My body ached; sometimes the pain was so bad that I could scarcely move-even sitting still was painful.
Life had become extremely small.
Deciding to get the surgery was surprisingly easy, but getting through the approval process and going through with the surgery summoned up terror in me that had been there since my first surgery when I was three years old.
I thought it would be a miracle if I were able to get the surgery, simply because my trauma was so severe for so many years that it seemed like an impossible feat to put myself in the hands of medical professionals, who I have never trusted all my life.
With lots of support from my mother, my sister who had already had the surgery, and my therapist, I was able to get the sleeve.
And it changed my life!
I also decided that I was going to make up for lost time now that I was going to be able to physically get around again. I sold all my stuff, ditched my apartment, bought an RV and moved in! And it's wonderful! I could not have fit in here, nor could I do the things necessary when living in an RV, at my previous weight.
This surgery has allowed me an opportunity for a whole new lease on life. I am officially one year postop, and I am down about 130 pounds, with another 30 to go. It's amazing the difference a single year can make!
If you know that this is right for you, and the only thing giving you pause is fear that is not coming from your true intuition: there are many people on these forums who feel that this surgery has saved our lives.
I am one of those people. Here is a before and present a photo of me, in a year, this could be you!
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Cool Beans!!!!!!! ????
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Hi all, just a little update! I have been sleeved and am officially home to heal! The process was quite quick, my hospital has it down so it was a super easy process. I checked in at 9:45am, they called me in at 10 and had me changed into my gown and hairnet, shortly after I took a pregnancy test and they weighed me. For those ladies on your period, they give you sterile underwear and a pad, so no worries there! From there I was sent to preop area room "F" where my pre-op bed was there waiting for me. They quickly prepped me, asked me a million questions we've all been asked before (do you drink, smoke? Have had surgery before? Etc.) about 20 mins into the process, the nurse started prepping me with my IV and some of the necessary drugs, but I didn't get the happy stuff till about 10 mins before my surgery (which was maybe an hour after I got there). In a very brief time, the anesthesiologist, and the surgeon came and had a brief chat with me and explained their process. Literally after our chat I met the woman who was going to be with me post op then I was wheeled into the or. There was a super thin table waiting for me and the room was really bright. They had me scoot on to the table myself and they secured me on with a strap, from the the surgeon confirmed my name and the procedure I was going to get done. They soon placed an oxygen mask on me and told me to take deep breaths, I don't remember anything after that till waking up in recovery, where I will not lie, I was in pain, not from the surgical sites but from GAS, it felt like my stomach was going to explode. I didn't cry but I began beating on my chest area between my ribcage, they soon gave me some pain medication which helped relieve it somewhat. I slept a good chunk of the day only waking up when someone came in to ask me some questions or needed to take my blood pressure. I didn't get up about about 6pm, which was a hassle. But the nurses helped me as I had to pee really bad. The moment I sat up I felt instantly nauseous, and threw up two large mouthfuls of mucous-y blood. It hurt expel them but felt so good when they were out. I peed like 5 times last night due to the IV drip, so it was a little annoying and painful to get out of bed each time. I threw up blood two more times (only happened when I sat up, completely normal). My nurses were the best and always made sure I was comfortable, always gave me something for nausea and pain when I requested it.
There are two things I cannot stress enough to have with you: Gas X strips and Biotene mouth wash. My surgery ended about noon and I took my first gasx strip about nine, let me tell you, I was a burping demon, it felt SO GOOD to get that pressure out of my stomach. I took another one about midnight, each time I sat up to use the bathroom, I would belch (gross, but the best feeling in the world too lol) and mouth wash helps lubricate your mouth and throat. I swished it and gargled it periodically through out the evening and it made me feel human again. Getting sleep last night was hard because people kept coming in through out the night to check in on me, coupled with all my bathroom breaks, it was a tough night for rest. I slept on and off till about 8:30 when I started getting visits from anesthesiology, my surgeon came in to check on me, and finally the nurse came in with six 1oz cups of Water and told me I needed to get through that in order to get discharged. I started at 9:10am and finished my 6th around 12:30, not going to lie, it was difficult and I struggled to get through them all, but I did it LOL. I didn't get discharged till about 1:50, where I was wheeled down to my car in a wheel chair (I've never been in a wheel chair before, I thought it was a little exciting lol) I got home around 2:30pm. I've been sleeping off and on since and my stomach has been growling non stop, I've been burping a lot as well. Currently sleeping on my couch because I can stack the cushions to sleep a little more upright and can use the back of the couch to get up. I don't have any bloating, but I'm burping a lot and my right side is hurting from where they removed me stomach. Because their pain meds have started to wear off, in feeling a bit sore all over, particularly in the legs, stomach, and throat.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope it helps someone. I'm probably going to try and sleep again, let my body do some more healing lol.
Good night all!

Today
I
Hit
My
Goal
Weight.
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Great!!! Good luck!!! I hope to get sleeved by the end of December... Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Hi guys!!! I'm new to the group. Next week will be my 6th and final weight loss visit.. Yayy!!!!! I'm both nervous and excited. However, I would like to ask have any of you Post-Op guys ever used the vitamin patches? ! They seem like they work well, according to the online reviews
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Hi guys!!! I'm new to the group. Next week will be my 6th and final weight loss visit.. Yayy!!!!! I'm both nervous and excited. However, I would like to ask have any of you Post-Op guys ever used the vitamin patches? ! They seem like they work well, according to the online reviews
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